Four children had a miraculous escape when a fire triggered by a cooking gas cylinder gutted their hut in Raiwala area of district on Sunday morning.
The incident which occurred in the Murgi farm locality of Raiwala created panic among the residents.
The hut belonged to one Kausar who works as daily wage labourer.
Her husband, Julfikar had died some time ago and she was living in the temporary shelter near railway line with her four children.
On Sunday morning, she left for her work leaving her four kids home. She had recently taken a cooking gas connection under Ujjawala scheme of union government.
It is learnt that her eldest son, Hakib (14 years) tried to ignite the gas stove in her absence to prepare tea but the regulator caught fire. Hakib showed remarkable common sense as he quickly took out all his siblings safely outside their shelter.
The locals said that they heard a big blast after which the shelter caught fire in which it was gutted completely. The poor family lost all its belongings in the fire.
The in-charge of the Raiwala police station Nathi lal Uniyal said that the police reached the spot when the hut was gutted.